Brief Life History of Texas
When Texas Jones was born in 1867, in Simpson, Mississippi, United States, her father, James Monroe Jones, was 30 and her mother, Mary Virginia Feazel, was 25. She married Franklin Goldware Stephens about 1883, in Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Taylorsville, Smith, Mississippi, United States in 1880 and Beat 1, Simpson, Mississippi, United States in 1910. She died on 23 July 1934, in Simpson, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Magee, Simpson, Mississippi, United States.
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- Texas Stephens, "United States Census, 1910"
- Texas Stephens, "Find A Grave Index"
- Texa Jones in entry for Ance M Stephens, "Louisiana Deaths Index, 1850-1875, 1894-1956"
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1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.
This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
1877 · Mississippi State Board of Health is Created
In 1877, the Mississippi State Board of Health was established to protect and advance health throughout the state. There are several different categories that fall under their watch such as disease, environment, injury, standard care, shots, keep records, and more.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Name Meaning
English and Welsh: from the Middle English personal name Jon(e) (see John ), with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. The surname is especially common in Wales and southern central England. It began to be adopted as a non-hereditary surname in some parts of Wales from the 16th century onward, but did not become a widespread hereditary surname there until the 18th and 19th centuries. In North America, this surname has absorbed various cognate and like-sounding surnames from other languages. It is (including in the sense 2 below) the fifth most frequent surname in the US. It is also very common among African Americans and Native Americans.
English: habitational or occupational name for someone who lived or worked ‘at John's (house)’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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